Energy/Natural Resources:
Top Contributors
Election cycle: 2002
Total contributed: $25,427,840
Contributions from individuals: $ 6,207,546
Contributions from PACs: $ 9,402,516
Soft money contributions: $ 9,817,778
Rank Organization Amount Dems Repubs 1 Southern Co $920,884 28% 72%
2 El Paso Corp $734,667 17% 83%
3 ChevronTexaco Corp $713,605 27% 73%
4 Exelon Corp $654,775 29% 71%
5 Nat'l Rural Electric Coop. Assn. $587,812 43% 57%
6 FirstEnergy Corp $560,301 32% 68%
7 Enron Corp. $527,675 29% 71% [/I]
8 Exxon Mobil Corp. $520,280 11% 89%
9 Dominion Resources $490,053 28% 72%
10 Koch Industries $463,647 13% 87%
11 TXU Corp $438,460 30% 70%
12 Entergy Corp $391,534 41% 59%
13 Florida Power & Light $367,675 9% 91%
14 Duke Energy $338,015 27% 73%
15 Ashland Inc $322,500 19% 81%
16 Progress Energy $316,644 40% 61%
17 BP $314,400 25% 75%
18 American Gas Assn $298,392 39% 61%
19 Occidental Petroleum $292,650 23% 77%
20 CMS Energy $271,665 39% 61%
29% Dem 71% Rep - Not quite 50:50
2001-2002 Election Cycle
Dems got $128,235,028 donated $59,603,689 (46%) Hard, $68,631,339 (54%) Soft
Reps got $231,124,242 donated $131,020,561 (57%) Hard, $100,103,681 (43%) Soft
Quality of Disclosure:
Reps: Full Disclosure on $54,298,306 (94.3%)
Incomplete on $280,176 (0.5%)
No Disclosure on $3,021,720 (5.2%)
Reps: Full Disclosure on $64,511,427 (77.4%)
Incomplete on $422,423 (0.5%)
No Disclosure on $18,456,254 (22.1%)
thanks to
OpensSecrets.Org and
TheyRule.Net - waste your afternoon connecting the dots ("saaay ... that looks a lot like a.... well, a... conspiracy.")
